imprisonment

英 [ɪmˈprɪznmənt]

美 [ɪmˈprɪznmənt]

n.  关押; 监禁; 坐牢

复数：imprisonments　

TOEFLTEM8法律

BNC.4411 / COCA.9862

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 关押;监禁;坐牢
  Imprisonmentis the state of being imprisoned.
  1. She was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.
     她被判处 7 年监禁。
  2. ...the prospect of imprisonment.
     坐牢的可能性

英英释义

noun

• the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
  Synonym:internment
• putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
• the state of being imprisoned
  1. he was held in captivity until he died
  2. the imprisonment of captured soldiers
  3. his ignominious incarceration in the local jail
  4. he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon
  Synonym:captivityincarcerationimmurement

双语例句

• The thief was sentenced to six months imprisonment.
  窃贼被判了6个月徒刑。
• He faced imprisonment for contempt of court.
  他因藐视法庭面临监禁。
• His term of imprisonment hasn't expired yet.
  他的刑期还没满。
• Through those long years of imprisonment and torture, he remained faithful and unyielding.
  在那些遭受囚禁和酷刑的漫长岁月里，他始终坚贞不屈。
• In 1977 he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment
  1977年，他被判谋杀罪名成立，判处终身监禁。
• After a period of imprisonment she renounced terrorism
  在被囚禁一段时间之后，她宣布放弃恐怖主义。
• The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment.
  法庭判处被告长期监禁。
• The sentence of six months imprisonment was most unjust.
  六个月监禁的判决极其不公。
• The criminal was sentenced to one year's imprisonment.
  这名罪犯被判处一年监禁。
• The principal criminal was sentenced to life imprisonment.
  这个主犯被判无期徒刑。